There are any number of subjects that newspaper editors know will stir up plenty of righteous indignation amongst their readers, which in the age of the trollumnist provides a pretty simple recipe for a huge number of comments and plenty of associated pageviews. The subjects can range from contentious political issues like climate change or [...]
READ MOREFast food companies will brainwash your kids
After years of being berated for not contributing enough to the communities from which they profit, some businesses are now being told that their efforts aren’t welcome, and their motives are being questioned. In the National Times today, McDonalds’ sponsorship of educational programs is being thrown under the spotlight, as apparently helpless parents are being [...]
READ MOREChildren should be heard and not gaming.
In today’s National Times, speech pathologist Annemarie Laurence alerts us to the damage she suspects video games are having on children’s language skills. This is the sort of article that is always going to grab my attention as a parent and as a gamer, I read eagerly to see what sort of research had uncovered [...]
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